Re: g.root-servers.net returns NXDOMAIN for com.

[Mark Milhollan <mlm () ftel net>]

Michael Shields writes:
> In article <27673.965401287 () ftel net>,
> Mark Milhollan <mlm () ftel net> wrote:
> > This is why BIND 8 has the bogus characteristic, or why one may need to
> > edit their root hint file.  Too bad both require a reload/restart.
>
> As well as manual configuration at every resolver on earth.  I don't
> think that's a scalable solution.  The root servers need to work.

Neither do I believe it is scalable, but it's what BIND has available. 
More to the point, the reason for the bogus characteristic, as I read
the documentation, is that without it it's impossible to correct this
kind of situation -- scalable or not -- if a nameserver's operation
cannot be corrected.